The Sharks trailed 2-1 after getting outshot 10-5 in the first period. San Jose made a concerted effort to get the puck on net afterward and it resulted in five second-period goals on 16 shots.

"We started to finally shoot the puck," Couture said. "The first period we weren't shooting. We were playing in their end, but we weren't shooting. That's more the way we play, the way we need to play."

Pavelski, one of the Sharks' four Olympians, scored his goals in the second period. Torres, in his 2013-14 debut after injuring his knee in the preseason, capped the second-period spree with his second goal of the game with 2.2 seconds left. Couture, who missed 16 games after hand surgery, had his 15th of the season in the period.

"We got our forecheck going in the second (and) a lot more pucks to the goaltender, which created second and third chances," Sharks coach Todd McLellan said. "We had to start thinking about throwing the puck from bad angles and creating second (chances) that way."